Some folks may wonder if men have breasts, and the truth is that all men have breasts! There is breast tissue behind the nipples of a male's chest, and as your questions indicate, men can get breast cancer. While diagnoses and treatment (more on these later) for breast cancer is similar for males and females, there is a big difference in prevalence. Breast cancer occurs quite infrequently in me...

Some folks may wonder if men have breasts, and the truth is that all men have breasts! There is breast tissue behind the nipples of a male's chest, and as your questions indicate, men can get breast cancer. While diagnoses and treatment (more on these later) for breast cancer is similar for males and females, there is a big difference in prevalence. Breast cancer occurs quite infrequently in me...

Male breast cancer accounts for 1% of all breast malignancies and 0.1% of all male cancer death. Like Paget's disease, DCIS is a rare form of male breast malignancy. We report a 69-year-male presenting with 3 years history of subtle of nipple symptoms and normal breast imaging. Punch biopsy of nipple established the diagnosis of Paget's disease and subsequent histology of mastectomy specimen re...

S.U., a 71-year-old man who lives alone, presented to the emergency department complaining of chest pain. He received a complete cardiac workup, and his chest pain was attributed to heartburn and indigestion. When the nurse practitioner examined him, she discovered a large ulcerated left breast mass (see Figure 1) with no palpable axillary lymphadenopathy. S.U. admitted that he’d known about th...

Some folks may wonder if men have breasts, and the truth is that all men have breasts! There is breast tissue behind the nipples of a male's chest, and as your questions indicate, men can get breast cancer. While diagnoses and treatment (more on these later) for breast cancer is similar for males and females, there is a big difference in prevalence. Breast cancer occurs quite infrequently in me...

OBJECTIVE To review the epidemiology, presentation, diagnosis, molecular genetics, treatment and prognosis of male breast cancer. DATA SOURCES Articles, written in English or French, selected from the Medline database (1966 to January 2001), corresponding to the key words "male breast cancer," according to the following criteria: covering institutional experience or comparing diagnostic and t...

Some folks may wonder if men have breasts, and the truth is that all men have breasts! There is breast tissue behind the nipples of a male's chest, and as your questions indicate, men can get breast cancer. While diagnoses and treatment (more on these later) for breast cancer is similar for males and females, there is a big difference in prevalence. Breast cancer occurs quite infrequently in me...

Two cases of male breast carcinoma presenting as cystic swellings are reported. Cysts of the male breast are rare, but unlike cysts in female breasts are more likely to represent significant pathology. We recommend consideration of excision biopsy of isolated cysts in male breasts.

Breast cancer is a rare disease in men representing nearly 1% of the total breast cancer cases worldwide. Due to the low incidence, there are no randomized clinical studies giving information on the optimal diagnostics and therapy for male breast cancer patients. Therefore, treatment recommendations are derived from established guidelines for breast cancer in women. However, the lack of awarene...

Diagnosis In patients aged over 50 years, breast cancer must be differentiated from various forms of senile breast hypertrophy that may be associated with concomitant conditions or, more often, pharmacological treatments that interfere with hormonal metabolism. As in women, careful physical examination of the breast and the regional (axillary and supraclavicular) lymph nodes is essential in men...